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Ched Evans...

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Some substance to the Ched Evans link to
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- though it's starting to look as
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says, that Sunderland are after every striker in the League
 

Putting aside all the furore surrounding his off field troubles (he WAS found not guilty which I truly believe, he was stitched up), I don't think he will provide the goals we need so it's a no from me.
 
AC Mack said:
I'm going to catch up on the thread now, but is the general theme that because he was found guilty he's done nothing wrong? I hope not, it's almost like everything has to be either black or white.
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Yes that’s more or less how this thread has gone.
 
Fact Hunt said:
Yes, I would stop going and I wouldn't renew my season ticket while he was here.
It was bad enough signing up DCanio, but this is at a completely different level.
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In what way is it a different level, I mean I wouldn't want a rapist or anyone like that playing for us and I certainly don't think Evans behaved in a way that any man should, but saying a that he isn't guilty of anything and if you think players past present or future are lovely lads who don't cheat on their lass all the time then you're already in cloud cukkoo land.
 
Fact Hunt said:
Yes, I would stop going and I wouldn't renew my season ticket while he was here.
It was bad enough signing up DCanio, but this is at a completely different level.
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Would I stop going? No. But I’d be disgusted with the club and the new owners. He is an awful role model for our young support.

I do still think it’s bollocks though
 
Sumdumgi said:
It would be an appalling decision to sign him. The Club are trying to improve it's image, bringing him in would be a nightmare PR move.
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And I think the owners are far too media savvy to get involved with the total bloody circus that would accompany signing someone like him.
 
Lewberry pie said:
In what way is it a different level, I mean I wouldn't want a rapist or anyone like that playing for us and I certainly don't think Evans behaved in a way that any man should, but saying a that he isn't guilty of anything and if you think players past present or future are lovely lads who don't cheat on their lass all the time then you're already in cloud cukkoo land.
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This^
 
There were a lot of people on this forum that absolutely condemned Evans and anybody that had doubts about the case. I was one of those that said over and over again that the case was an outrageous and obvious miscarriage of justice, and I personally took a lot of grief. When he was eventually absolved of any wrongdoing and found innocent in the appeal, a number on here could not swallow their pride and admit they were wrong.

I am involved in active campaigns to address sexual abuse and trafficking and I am utterly opposed to it and any form of sex without consent. However, I also believe you have to have a legal system that is robust and which leaves no reasonable doubt when convicting people. When the court finds someone has been convicted of something they have been subsequently demonstrated to not have done, and are thus innocent, you have to treat them as innocent. It is wrong to make them a pariah primarily because a few people ranted about how there was absolutely no way he was innocent, and then were shown to be wrong, or because of resentment towards something the court says he did not do.
 
Pass, but not based on personal view of Evans as a person or the outcome of his case. Public perception matters, and there have already been too many allegations of creepery around the club in recent years (and even recent days), some of which have unfortunately been proven true. Evans may or may not deserve the chance to continue his career as a footballer at another club, but regardless of where one comes down on that question it shouldn't be SAFC giving him the next step.
 
Cartysafc said:
Sure they’ll take that into consideration mate!
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No they won’t. But they might want to consider whether there are others of a similar mindset, how many female supporters and season ticket holders we have who wouldn’t like this at all, our recent history of controversy with sexual assault cases, the masses of negative PR we’ve had in recent years and that we are a club that allegedly prides itself on being community orientated.

Why we would risk anything on a fairly abhorrent no mark of a footballer is beyond me. Why people would welcome us signing him let alone defend him is also beyond me but there ya go
 
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